From the article: There doesn't seem to be any smoking gun here, but it does seem like the sort of thing that shouldn't be run in the cloud.
From the article:
In the three months since that initial exchange (and there was more to come), I’ve gone down the rabbit hole — talking to cybersecurity experts, press freedom advocates and a former government official — to try and understand what vulnerabilities and risks are present in this app that’s become a favorite among journalists for its fast, reliable and cheap automated transcription.
We make privacy versus utility tradeoffs all the time with our tech. We know Facebook sells our data, but we still post baby pictures. We allow Google maps access to our location, even though we know it leaves an indelible digital trail. And even savvy, skeptical journalists who take robust efforts to protect sources have found themselves in the thrall of Otter, a transcription app powered by artificial intelligence, and which has virtually eliminated the once-painstaking task of writing up interview notes. That’s an overlooked vulnerability that puts data and sources at risk, say experts.
There doesn't seem to be any smoking gun here, but it does seem like the sort of thing that shouldn't be run in the cloud.
From the article:
There doesn't seem to be any smoking gun here, but it does seem like the sort of thing that shouldn't be run in the cloud.